In this article, learn how to be a more productive Linux systems administrator. These 10 essential tricks will lead you on your way to being one powerful Linux systems administrator. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more. Examples accompany each trick, so you can duplicate them on your own systems.

We learn well what we use often. I use ssh, scp and screen every day. It's always good to read how others use these utilities to be reminded of functions we may have forgotten. Nice style of writing, too. It's good to see that Linux is doing good things for IBM. It hasn't been too long since reading anything technical from IBM was bound to put you in a comma.